Sentences with phrase «new brain cell connections»

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promoting new connections between brain cells and giving us the time and space we need to think.

But for neurons, birth date plays an important role in how these cells find their connections in the brain, a new study finds.

In another group, the disabled gene made it difficult for fly brain cells to reinforce new connections that encode memories.

Modha's new chips contain silicon components that crudely mimic the physical layout of, and connections between, microscopic carbon - based brain cells.

The research effort he directs focuses on entirely new compounds that might slow the loss of brain cell connections, which may play a role in schizophrenia biology.

In a paper published online today in Cell, researchers say their new technique will allow them to map anatomical connections between the brain and body in unprecedented detail.

Some evidence suggested brain cells form new connections during sleep; other evidence suggested sleep pares away existing connections.

The active periods might be providing brief windows during which nerve cells can easily connect to other cells, and the slower, more relaxed periods might allow the brain to then cement those new connections in place.

«Synapse discovery could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Scientists have discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.»

A new in vitro model Scientists developed a new research tool for this study that enabled them to monitor the spread of Tau aggregates whilst changing the synaptic connections between brain cells.

A team of researchers led by UNSW Australia scientists has discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease — work that opens up a new avenue for research on possible treatments for the degenerative brain condition.

New research in mice reveals that during sleep the connections between brain cells, which hold information learned throughout the day, undergo massive shrinkage.

The mutations reveal that every time a person learns something, he has to switch on some of these genes in order to lay down new connections between brain cells.

Overstreet - Wadiche and UAB colleagues posed a basic question: Since the number of neurons in the dentate gyrus increases by neurogenesis while the number of neurons in the cortex remains the same, does the brain create additional synapses from the cortical neurons to the new granule cells, or do some cortical neurons transfer their connections from mature granule cells to the new granule cells?

The scientists found that GDF10 promotes brain cells» ability to form new connections, and they identified the signaling systems that control the process.

New research provides an intriguing glimpse into the processes that establish connections between nerve cells in the brain.

To regain function, connections from the brain to the spinal cord must regrow, different types of immune cells have to clear the injury site, and stem cells in the spinal cord need to generate new nerve cells, which then connect to the muscles.

New techniques combining various staining methods with electron and light microscopy make it possible to investigate in detail the connections among nerve cells and the circuitry of the brain

Understanding molecular mechanisms that govern the growth of connections between retinal ganglion cells and the developing brain may ultimately lead to new regenerative therapies for patients with glaucoma.

And within the brain the synapse maps are constantly being revised and rearranged as the cells make new connections and break others.

Describing the brain as a big circuit board in which each new experience creates a new circuit, Hopkins neuroscience professor Richard Huganir, Ph.D. says that he and his team found that during emotional peaks, the hormone norepinephrine dramatically sensitizes synapses - the site where nerve cells make an electro - chemical connection - to enhance the sculpting of a memory into the big board.

In a study published in the journal Neuron, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes reveal how tau disrupts the ability of brain cells to strengthen connections with other brain cells, preventing new memories from forming.

So it's not clear whether the new brain cells would have the same connections, or function the same as younger adult brain cells do, noted Dr. Ezriel Kornel.

Among these achievements are the development of new techniques for classifying different types of neurons; automated methods for creating wiring diagrams of the connections between cells in the mammalian brain; new ways of recording and manipulating the electrical activity of hundreds, even thousands, of cells simultaneously; and, advanced microscopes that allow researchers to visualize the activity of all the cells in the brains of small animals.

One of Frankland's own studies in mice, for example, found that as new brain cells are formed in the hippocampus — a region of the brain associated with learning new things — those new connections overwrite old memories and make them harder to access.

Exercise gets the blood flowing, pumps rich oxygen and nutrients to the brain, and releases nourishing hormones that grow new brain cells and cell connections.

Walnuts also contain polyphenolic compounds such as pedunculagin which can reduce the inflammatory load on brain cells, enhance neural connections, and increase neurogenesis (new neuron creation in the brain).

Newer research confirms many of the old findings on these chemicals — endocrine disruption (in adults and babies), thyroid disruption, and increase risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and liver enzyme abnormalities.3 And recently, the Yale School of Medicine found that BPA «causes the loss of connections of brain cells,» which increases the risk for memory problems and even depression.4

They might, for instance, encourage the creation of additional blood vessels or new connections between brain cells or between different parts of the brain.

In a normal brain, vitamin B12 allows cells to form new connections, a process that allows memory formation.

Brain cells can form new connections and grow bigger, so we can make new memories and learn new skills at every age.

In fact, research suggests aerobic exercise boosts the release of growth factors in the brain that spurs the development of new nerve cell connections, especially in an area of the brain called the hippocampus.

With each new experience, they create new synapses — electrical connections between the nerve cells — in their brains.